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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1997
Gregory J Chesack, Kenosha, WI (US);
Kenneth G White, Racine, WI (US);
Textron Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A lawn mower having a rotation drive connection assembly including a reel shaft having concially shaped opposite ends and an interior threaded length in each of the opposite ends. A drive coupler with a conical shape on one end thereof mates with one of the reel conical ends and has a threaded opening for receiving a screw extending into the shaft for holding the coupler thereon. A spline is on the end of the coupler opposite its one end, and there a drive member with a spline engaged with the coupler spline, all for rotating the shaft. A counter-balance is threadedly attached in the assembly adjacent the end of the shaft opposite the coupler location.